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Pierre-Jean Douvier

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CMS Francis Lefebvre Avocats
2 rue Ancelle
92522 Neuilly-sur-Seine
Cedex
France
Languages French, English, German

Pierre-Jean Douvier joined CMS Francis Lefebvre in 1986. He is based in Monaco, where he is an international taxation adviser.

Pierre-Jean Douvier specialises in international law. He co-manages the International team. His four main areas of expertise are:

  • advice to private clients (family office, legal, regulatory, immigration law, tax issues, asset protection, restructuring of wealth, wealth transfer techniques and trusts/foundations with respect to civil law, succession, international tax litigation and tax audits, etc).
  • property law (from both the legal and tax perspectives): purchase, restructuring/investment, management – mainly for families.
  • Monaco: corporate, regulatory and tax law.
  • transfer pricing/permanent establishment/effective management of entities.

For 8 years, he was the only expert in European and international law registered with the French courts.

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Relevant experience

  • Coopers & Lybrand (1981-1984)
  • Ernst & Whinney (1984-1986)
  • Lecturer at the University of Paris II - Panthéon-Assas 
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Memberships & Roles

  • Member of IACF (French Institute of Tax Lawyers)
  • Member of ACE (French Association of Corporate Legal Advisors)
  • Member of IFA (International Fiscal Association)
  • Member of IBA (International Bar Association)
  • Member of UIA (International Association of Lawyers)
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Education

  • Post-graduate degree (DEA) in Corporate Law, University of Paris II - Panthéon-Assas (1981)
  • ESLSCA.(applied commercial science school) (1979)
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11/12/2020
Monaco tax: tax certificate
In accordance with international standards, Sovereign Ordinance 8372 of 26 November 2020 amends Sovereign Ordinance 8.566 of 28 March 1986 regulating tax certificates (Journal de Monaco of 4 December...
10/09/2020
Tax Connect Flash
Article 123 Bis of the French Tax Code (CGI) Further to a case law of June 24, 2020, No. 19PA00458, from the Paris Administrative Court of Appeal, Article 123 Bis of the French Tax Code which is an anti-tax...
15/07/2013
CMS Tax Connect e-Guide: Transfer Pricing: Managing documentation requirements...
The guide provides CMS’s international clients, particularly those having intra-group activities across Europe, Asia, the Maghreb region, the US and the BRICs countries, with consistent and practical...
18/03/2013
French recent tax reform: the survival kit | Practical Law - multi-jur­is­dic­tion­al...
France is in the process of changing its tax landscape and now faces the tax reforms promised by President Hollande in his 2012 presidential election campaign. There is an increasing atmosphere of tax...
30/06/2008
Publication in Editions Francis Lefebvre of the book «Transfer pricing»
A guide to fixing and documenting transfer pricing and facing tax audit. In a context of globalization of the economy, transfer pricing has become within a few years a major stake of international tax...
28/02/2008
Nice Court of First Instance (Tribunal de Grande Instance) / Sale of foreign...
Sale of foreign companies' securities mainly in real estate in France: the Nice Court of First Instance invalidated the tax authorities' position and stated that the law relating to liability for transfer...